Introduction to Taking an NI-DAQmx Measurement in LabVIEW

This tutorial teaches you how to take an NI-DAQmx measurement in LabVIEW 7.x or later using the DAQ Assistant. The DAQ Assistant is a graphical interface for configuring measurement tasks, channels, and scales. You also can use the DAQ Assistant to generate NI-DAQmx code from the task.

In this tutorial, you create a voltage measurement task using the DAQ Assistant. This tutorial teaches you how to:

• Launch the DAQ Assistant by using the DAQ Assistant Express VI in LabVIEW
• Configure a voltage task in the DAQ Assistant
• Test the task using test panels
• Edit the task
• Generate the code to run the task

Note  This tutorial assumes you are familiar with LabVIEW. If you are a new user of LabVIEW or are unfamiliar with the LabVIEW Express VIs, refer to the Getting Started with LabVIEW manual.